Since the advent of music, people have invented dance steps for pairs or groups of dancers. With a few basic moves you can join the crowd of dancers who are having fun on the dance floor. Line dance, a choreographed array of simple repeated dance steps, is practiced all around the world.
In line dance, dancers of all ages and genders are aligned in a single row or multiple rows, facing either single […]
New Montgomery County Online Tool Will Help Older Adults Find Transportation Providers
Montgomery County recently launched a new online tool to help older adults find volunteer ride providers to help them get where they need to go, when they need to get there.
The online tool uses GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping to connect an address with organizations, such as nonprofit groups and senior villages, who provide volunteer […]
October 8th – Poolesville Big Flea – Whalen Commons- Paper shredding, electronics recycling, Paint disposal $2/can.
October 13th – 8th Annual Owl Moon Raptor Center Festival – Noon – 4:00 p.m. Black Hill Visitor Center. Meet hawks, eagles, ospreys, owls, and other birds! Raptor education programs, flight demonstrations, kid-friendly activities, and more! Free admission! https://mocoparks.org/3BioMD4.
October 13th – Dinner for the Arts
What Happened on this Date in History
October 3rd
1863 President Lincoln proclaims official Thanksgiving holiday
1895 Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane published
1932 Iran gains Independence from United Kingdom
1942 Germany conducts first successful test of V-2 rocket
1967 Woody Guthrie, folk singer, writer, and icon dies
1990 East and West Germany reunite
1995 OJ Simpson acquitted of murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman […]
Let’s Celebrate Our October Birthdays!!
10/5 George Phelps
10/6 Karen Ebert
10/6 Elizabeth Ohmen
10/6 Grace Newcomer
10/8 Kathy Jo Horan
10/10 Debra Loftus
10/10 Carolyn Repass
10/11 Way Ng
10/13 Katherine Melvin
10/13 Rita Mills
10/15 Roger Brenholtz
10/18 I. J. Hudson
10/20 Suzanne Tobin
10/22 Monica Greaney
10/24 Beth Daly
10/29 Barbara Gibson
10/29 Judith […]
Thanks to Kenny Sholes for September’s Ag Reserve Properties presentation where he explained the process of chronolocating. After fielding many questions about the old stone structure on the property in Hunter’s Run at Hoskinson and Hillard Rds., Kenny set about
Following the approval of the Town of Poolesville Commissioners to add an extra pickleball court at Stevens Park, Poolesville Seniors welcomed 25 would-be enthusiasts to our Beginner Clinic for the game that’s sweeping the nation and our community, Pickleball.
Thanks to our volunteer instructors, Board Members Melissa Rose, Bill McDonald, Claire Gunster-Kirby along with several other practiced players including Norm Spencer, and Jane and Terry Clark, an intrepid group of pickleball newbies received […]
What Happened on this Date in History
September 26
1580 — Francis Drake returns to Plymouth, England after circumnavigating the globe.
1820 – Daniel Boone dies in Missouri
1888 – Poet T.S. Elliot is born
1928 – Work begins at Gavin Manufacturing Corp., maker of the first mass-produced car radio, Motorola.
1957 – West Side Story opens on Broadway
1960 – First televised presidential debate between Nixon and […]
Mahjong Thursdays at Speer Hall (behind Poolesville Presbyterian) 10 am – 12:30 pm
Bridge and Other Games Tuesdays at Speer Hall (behind Poolesville Presbyterian) 1 pm – 4:00pm.
Poolesville Farmers Market Saturdays 9:00am to 1:00 pm at Whalen Commons. (20+) Poolesville Farmers Market | Facebook
PHS PTSA meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom For questions or to volunteer, […]
The PS! Book Club members seemed to enjoy this month’s selection: A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe. It certainly gave us food for thought and discussion to contrast a woman’s role in the home and the business world in 2020s and 1970s with the protagonists in the early 1950s. Add in the Civil Rights movement, McCarthy hearings, and the Red Scare, and the life of this young, wealthy, and bored […]